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Black Gold Kindred Spirits Additional Interviews

Additional interviews about the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine from Black Gold Kindred Spirits.

Film Topics:

Mining - Coal

Film Tags:

1934 Wonthaggi strike1949 National Coal StrikeBlack Gold Kindred SpiritsCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipGasHealth & safetyKirrakMateshipMiningPit PoniesRailways - Australia - HistoryState Coal MineStrike orgainsationStrikesUnionsVictoriaVictorian railwaysWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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Black Gold, Kindred Spirits

A documentary about the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine in Victoria, from its inception in 1908 to its closure in 1969.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

1934 Wonthaggi strike1937 Wonthaggi Disaster1949 National Coal StrikeBen ChifleyBlack Gold Kindred SpiritsBritish coal minersClass struggleClass warCoal miningCold WarCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsFamilyGasHealth & safetyImmigrantsKirrakMateshipMine explosionsMiners FederationMiningNew South WalesPoliticsPovertyRailwaysRailways - Australia - HistoryRailways - EmployeesRobert MenziesSocialismState Coal MineStrike orgainsationStrikesUnemploymentUnionsVictoriaVictorian railwaysWagesWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Powlett Express Newsreel

Early newsreel footage of union and community events in the Wonthaggi District.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

Coal miningFamilyInverloch - VictoriaKilcundaMateshipMiners FederationMining communitiesState Coal MineUnionsVictoriaVictorian railwaysWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking class

Film Type:

Archival footage
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State Coal Mine Re-union

Edited footage of the 1988 State Coal Mine Re-union.

Film Topics:

Mining - Coal

Film Tags:

Alan BirtBlack Gold Kindred SpiritsCoal miningComradeshipMateshipMiningRailways - Australia - HistoryState Coal MineStrike orgainsationStrikesTullio MorescoUnionsVictoriaVictorian railwaysWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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Strikebound

A feature film about the 1937 stay-in strike at the Sunbeam Colliery in Victoria.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

1934 Wonthaggi strikeAnges DoigAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBob HawkeCoal miningCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipEastern Area Tourist MineKorumburra - VictoriaMargaret ThatcherMateshipMining communitiesPoliticsSalvation ArmySocial justiceSocialismState Coal MineStrikesSunbeam CollieryUnionsUnited KingdomWatty DoigWomenWomen's AuxiliaryWomen's Militant GroupWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking class

Film Type:

Film - Feature Narrative
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The Story Of Harmers Haven

A short documentary about the establishment of Harmers Haven, a working class coastal settlement near Wonthaggi.

Film Topics:

Mining - CoalUnions

Film Tags:

Black Gold Kindred SpiritsCoal miningCommunismCommunist PartyComradeshipDepressionsEddie HarmerHarmers HavenMateshipMiningState Coal MineUnemploymentUnionsVictoriaWomenWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary
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Working The State Coal Mine

A short documentary tour of the State Coal Mine Tourist Mine in Wonthaggi.

Film Topics:

Mining - Coal

Film Tags:

Black Gold Kindred SpiritsCoal miningComradeshipGasHealth & safetyMateshipMiningPit PoniesRailways - Australia - HistoryState Coal MineUnionsVictoriaVictorian railwaysWonthaggiWonthaggi Miners UnionWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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